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2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$20,198 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,253 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 100 degrees and certificates were awarded to health sciences and services students who went to a West Virginia college or university. This makes it the #13 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Health Sciences & Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in West Virginia to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for health science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in West Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for health science majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Health Sciences & Services

#1

Shepherd University

Shepherdstown, WV

Our analysis found Shepherd University to be the best value school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in West Virginia. Shepherd University is a small public school located in the town of Shepherdstown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Shepherd University are $7,784 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Shepherd University is ranked #2 for overall quality for health science in West Virginia.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Shepherd University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia Wesleyan College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list. West Virginia Wesleyan is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Buckhannon.

West Virginia Wesleyan undergraduate students pay an average of $32,612 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

West Virginia Wesleyan also made our Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list, coming in at #5.

Full Health Sciences & Services at West Virginia Wesleyan College Report

Best Value Health Sciences & Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 4,327
North Carolina 203
Tennessee 165
Georgia 544
Kentucky 385
Virginia 247
Alabama 240
Louisiana 214
Mississippi 325
South Carolina 87
Arkansas 291

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, health sciences and services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Health Science Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 29,840
General Health & Wellness 6,105

Majors Similar to Health Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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